<?php
/**
 * Smarty shared plugin
 * @package Smarty
 * @subpackage plugins
 */


/**
 * Function: smarty_make_timestamp<br>
 * Purpose:  used by other smarty functions to make a timestamp
 *           from a string.
 * @author   Monte Ohrt <monte at ohrt dot com>
 * @param string
 * @return string
 */
function smarty_make_timestamp($string)
{
	if(empty($string)) {
		// use "now":
		$time = time();

	} elseif (preg_match('/^\d{14}$/', $string)) {
		// it is mysql timestamp format of YYYYMMDDHHMMSS?
		$time = mktime(substr($string, 8, 2),substr($string, 10, 2),substr($string, 12, 2),
		substr($string, 4, 2),substr($string, 6, 2),substr($string, 0, 4));

	} elseif (is_numeric($string)) {
		// it is a numeric string, we handle it as timestamp
		$time = (int)$string;

	} else {
		// strtotime should handle it
		$time = strtotime($string);
		if ($time == -1 || $time === false) {
			// strtotime() was not able to parse $string, use "now":
			$time = time();
		}
	}
	return $time;

}

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?>
